Max Meldrum b. 3 December 1875

Also known as Duncan Max Meldrum
  • Artist (Painter)
After winning a National Gallery School Travelling Scholarship and moving to Paris to study, Scottish-born painter Max Meldrum found himself out of sympathy with the academic theories being taught and soon abandoned formal study. He nevertheless made a name for himself as a most influential artist and teacher with his controversial theory of painting as a pure science, a science of optical analysis.
Tags: Tonalism, Archibald Prize
Name
Max Meldrum
Also known as Duncan Max Meldrum
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Painter)
Other Occupation
  • Lecturer (ANZSIC code: 8102) 1928 - 1931 United States of America
  • Art teacher (ANZSIC code: 8022) 1915 - 1926 Melbourne, Vic.
  • Art teacher (ANZSIC code: 81) 1937 - c.1950 Melbourne, Vic.
Tags:
Tonalism
Archibald Prize
Birth date
3 December 1875
Birth place
Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Death date
6 June 1955
Death place
Kew, Melbourne, Vic.
Active Period
  • c.1892 - c.1950
Arrival
  • 1889
Residence
  • 1875 - 1889 Edinburgh, Scotland
  • 1889 - 1900 Melbourne, Vic.
  • 1900 - 1901 Paris, France
  • 1901 - 1902 Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
  • 1902 - 1911 France
  • 1928 - United States of America (Six months )
  • 1926 - 1931 France
  • 1911 - 1926 Melbourne, Vic.
  • 1931 - 1955 Melbourne, Vic.
Training
  • 1900 - 1901 Académie Colarossi, Paris, France
  • 1900 - 1901 Académie Julian, Paris, France
  • 1892 - 1899 National Gallery School, Melbourne, Vic.
Cultural Heritage
  • Scottish
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • National Gallery of Australia